Xenophon's Hellenica

Hipponicus

Family: unknown · Role: father of Callias · First appears: Book 4, section 5, part 2/2

Hipponicus is identified as the father of Callias, who commanded the Athenian hoplites alongside Iphicrates in Book 4. In Book 5, Procles is also identified as “son of Hipponicus.”

Relationship record

Book 4, section 5, part 2/2

  • child: Callias “Callias, the son of Hipponicus, who was in command of the Athenian hoplites, and Iphicrates at the head of his peltasts, saw no risk in attacking with the light brigade.”

Book 5, section 3, part 2/2

  • child: Procles “Procles, son of Hipponicus”

Book 6, section 3, part 1/2

  • child: Callias “Among the commissioners appointed were Callias the son of Hipponicus, Autocles the son of Strombichides, Demostratus the son of Aristophon, Aristocles, Cephisodotus, Melanopus, and Lycaethus.”

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